Jefferson County School Board Finally Approves Military Service Tassels for Graduation, Vote Was Not Unanimous

After A Year Of Prodding, Letter Writing, Citizen Action Meetings, Emails, Phone Calls, And Newspaper Advertising, The Citizens Of Jefferson County, And A Group Of Dedicated Veterans, Finally Shamed The Jefferson County, Tennessee School Board Into Making A Policy Change To Allow Military Tassels To Be Worn At Graduation By Seniors That Have Signed Their Lives Over To The United States Military As Recruits.

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Conservative Action Group Presents Jefferson County School Board With Survey, Board Given Dose Of Its Own Medicine

After Weeks Of Effort To Persuade The Jefferson County School Board To Stop Conducting Objectionable Student Surveys Consisting Of Deeply Personal And Intrusive Questions, Empowered Jefferson Constructed A Survey Of Its Own, Based On Survey Questions That Students Were Getting In Class, Which It Presented To The Jefferson County, Tennessee School Board During Its January Meeting.

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Jefferson School Board Ends Practice Of Tracking Citizens

Jefferson County Citizens Are Both Relieved And Encouraged To Learn That The School Board Is No Longer Publishing A Monthly Tracking Report Listing The Names Of Record Requestors, The Date Of The Request, And A Description Of The Documents Requested.

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Empowered Jefferson Organized To Advance Conservative Public Policy In Jefferson County, TN

Citizens Often Assume Nothing Can Be Done About Taxes, Zoning, Or Left-Leaning Ideology In Our Public Schools. Empowered Jefferson Tackles Issues Of Public Policy Head-On And Aims To Advise Others On How To Be More Active In Shaping It.

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